National Assembly staff under the aegis of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), had fixed Dec. 4 to stage a protest over unpaid salaries and allowances. Mr Suleiman Haruna, the union’s Secretary-General, announced this in a statement in Abuja. Haurna said the first phase of the protest would take place between Dec. 4 and Dec. […]
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Senators and members of the house of representatives have adjourned plenary over the death of Funke Adedoyin, a lawmaker in the lower legislative chamber. While members of the lower legislative chamber will resume on Thursday, those in the senate would reconvene on Wednesday. Adedoyin passed on in Abuja on September 28 after fighting with cancer. […]
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The National Assembly has shifted its resumption from its annual recess from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9, according to its Clerk, Mohammed Omolori. Omolori announced this on Sunday, attributing it to the primary elections by political parties. “This is to inform all Distinguished senators and Honourable members that resumption of plenary session earlier scheduled for […]
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The Ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, lawmakers in the upper and lower legislative houses of the National Assembly on Tuesday met at the Sheraton Hotels, Abuja. Addressing the lawmakers, the National Chairman of APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole explained that the meeting of National Assembly members on APC platform would be a continuous exercise. He clarified […]
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The national assembly has yielded to the cry of the executive by cutting short it recess to reconvene on Tuesday, Yusuf Lasun, deputy speaker of the house of representatives, disclosed on Thursday. Lasun said the agenda will primarily be the presidential request for virement of funds for the operations of the Independent National Electoral Commission […]
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The British Government has said that it is closely monitoring political developments in Nigeria following reports of blockade of National Assembly entrance by officials of the Department of State Service (DSS). The British Government made this known in a statement from its High Commission in Abuja on Tuesday. Operatives of the DSS took over the […]
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The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, will address a World Press Conference at the foyer of the National Assembly at noon on Wednesday, says Yusuph Olaniyonu, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. Mr Olaniyonu did not indicate issues to be addressed at the conference in a statement he made available to newsmen in Abuja on […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki has summoned an emergency meeting of leaders of both chambers of the national assembly. Bamikole Omisore, an aide of the senate president, tweeted about the meeting, saying the lawmakers would also meet with Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). “NASS leadership will tomorrow meet at noon to consider some […]
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Senior special assistant to the president on national assembly matters (senate), Ita Enang, says the closure of the National Assembly may lead to a shutdown of government. On July 24, both chambers of the national assembly adjourned till Septemeber after security operatives laid siege to the residences of Senate President Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu, […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki says he knows those in government -the ministers, governors- who sponsored the protest against the national assembly. Saraki said this on the floor of the senate on Tuesday after Barnabas Gamade, senator representing Benue north-east, drew the attention of the lawmakers to a protest. Protesters had stormed the national assembly, demanding […]
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